Saturday, November 9, 2013

A Florida mother is on a mission to expose the members of a private Facebook group in which mothers make fun of ugly toddlers.

According to WESH, the group was originally designed to sell and trade baby clothing, but soon spun into a vicious thread for mothers basking in their cruel immaturity.

One mother wrote about a toddler’s picture:

“Before I address this…It…I want to point out that it makes my heart happy that you have a Mean Girls tab in your computer. Good stuff. Now, # 1 is this a he or a she…You absolutely can not fix ugly. This is a God given example of such.”

Another added: “An ugly baby thread. I have died and gone to heaven…why can’t you guys live near me so we can do this over cocktails?”

Palm Beach‘s Melissa Antenucci, however, doesn’t see the fun in this at all.

“The things that these mothers said were the most horrific things that I have ever seen, being a mom and knowing that they are moms,” she told WESH.

Antenucci told the local news outlet that after one mother accidentally came upon the thread three weeks ago, she instantly took screen shots of the comments and passed them on to friends. Antenucci and others then began copying and pasting the posts to shame the mothers in the “secret” group.

One mother of a disabled toddler who was made fun of posted a picture of the baby as a newborn in intensive care unit and wrote: “This is MY DAUGHTER that is being made fun of because she is delayed…so funny, huh? Sick (expletive).”

After being confronted, one of the mothers in the group wrote: “THIS IS FACEBOOK, NOT THE SALEM WITCH HUNT….THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY AND I WAS LAUGHING BECAUSE IT WAS FUNNY….THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS, NEXT.”

But Antenucci says she will continue to expose the group until it is closed.

“We have zero tolerance. You are bullying babies,” she said. “You’re not even bullying your peers. You’re bullying babies. No.”

According to WESH, Antenucci complained to Facebook and said administrators are currently investigating the issue.

Her efforts have caused some of the mothers, she said, to deactivate their accounts.